Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many protesters arrested at the shale gas exploration site off the A583 Preston New Road during 2017 were (a) permanently resident in Lancashire, (b) resident at a protester camp and (c) permanently resident outside of Lancashire.
The Home Office does not hold centrally information on the number of arrests made at the shale gas exploration site off the A583 Preston New Road.
The Home Office collects and publishes data on the number of arrests broken down by police force area. These data cannot be broken down to identify those arrested at specific locations or in relation to specific incidents.